Lawrence city commissioners approved a sweeping new Land Development Code for the city on Tuesday, after most of the nearly 50 people who spoke about it during public comments urged the commissioners to "take a pause" on approving it.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve the new code, with Commissioner Lisa Larsen providing the lone "no" vote. The commission added a few amendments clarifying additional edits to ...
The City of Lawrence announced Monday that Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Rich Llewellyn will be stepping down from his role later this year.
Llewellyn, who joined LDCFM in August 2022, had been in fire service for 26 years, and came to Lawrence from the Everett Fire Department in western Washington, where he was serving as its assistant chief of administration.
During his time in Lawrence, ...
As local leaders consider reimagining Robinson Park after a rock sacred to local Indigenous tribes was removed from the Lawrence park to tribal land, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board approved the installation of educational panels about Indigenous history in the area.
The group voted unanimously to install a pair of panels — one describing the history of a boulder sacred to the Kaw Nation, the other a ...
Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens acknowledges the city has a big task in front of it heading into next year.
This past year’s budget process was an initial sign of significant financial pressure facing the city. The City Commission on Sept. 3 passed a 2025 budget that was dramatically different from Owens’ initial budget proposal. It removed a mill levy increase of 3.6 mills after a public backlash, ...
Now that Lawrence voters have approved expanding a sales tax that funds housing and homelessness services in the city, nonprofits say they're feeling grateful for the community's support.
On Tuesday, 53.32% of Lawrence voters voted “yes” on a ballot question to raise the city's affordable housing sales tax from 0.05% to 0.10%, according to the unofficial results from the Douglas County elections office. The ...
Lawrence city commissioners at their meeting Tuesday will consider adopting a new Land Development Code for the city, which would govern how developments in the city are built, from lot sizes to parking requirements.
The project to update the city’s code, which has not been updated since 2006, started in 2022 and aims to establish a simpler and more consistent set of development procedures and help the city ...
